Jocale. A Reflection on Co-Jewellery. Critical text and interview with Josef Friedrich by Dr. Phil. Ester Sposato-Friedrich
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Published: 01.04.2021
Jocale by Josef Friedrich. Photo credits and special thanks to: Photographer/Concept: Jan Frommel; Video/Concept: Anja Wechsler; Model: Leonie Koberling, F-Models; Make-up & Hair: Iris Martin.
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Co-jewellery* links to the most ancient, universal, and powerful trait of jewellery: the semantic load. A key factor to reverse the common course of meaning transfer: it is the owner to be affirmed by the jewel and not the jewel that gives the owner an identity/status (economical or intellectual).
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